Petrol Pump Did Not Stop Pumping When Tank Was Full

[Butcher_hoe]

Good Day to all mycarforum forumers,

 

Last night (approximately 1020hrs), I was at ESSO petrol station beside Serangoon JC, I used pump 6 to re-fuel Synergy 5000.

 

As usual, I ensured that the rubber cover of the pump had fully covered the mouth of my fuel tank, with that ensured, I began re-fueling. (I've always had the preference of re-fueling on my own instead of getting the pump attendants to help).

 

Watching the pump meter ticking towards 29-30 litres, I knew that the tank was about close to full, so I got ready for the pump trigger to dis-engage, however, instead of the usual 'tick' that we would hear or see, a gush of petrol came splashing out of my fuel tank, very quickly, I grabbed the pump's trigger and dis-engaged it. The side of my car was all splashed with petrol, my shoes were caught slightly in the 'action', lucky thing I didn't have the pump set to max speed for pumping, if not I'm sure even my clothes would have been caught in the 'action.

 

The next thing I did very immediately was to close my fuel tank and poured water over the petrol contaminated areas of my car to clean it up for fear of it causing damage to my paintwork. I told the pump attendant of what I encountered and told him that this should be reflected to his supervisor ASAP, firstly its dangerous to users of the pump and dangerous to themsleves, secondly, its costly to us customers. I also told him that of course, I'm not expecting any discounts from this incident.

 

I'm not posting this as a complaint, but more of a 'heads-up pre-cautionary' to you guys..I'm sure many of us have taken the auto stop function for granted. I can think of 2 possible reasons that might have caused this to happen:

 

1) I did not insert the nozzle into my fuel tank fully

2) Did not ensure that the rubber cover has covered my fuel tank mouth proper

3) The small vacuum pipe inside of the nozzle was faulty

 

In any case, I hope that you guys will take alittle more caution when re-fueling after reading this.

[Tkseah]

also happened to me once in malaysia..

[Jonpaul0104]

I also encountered this issue when i was re-fuelling at Shell station @ YCK last time. But it was done by the attendant instead.

 

Seems like the pump was faulty......the on duty manager quickly dialled their HQ and triggered the chemical spill response kit....and they closed that pump after that.....

 

As my tank was 4/5 full prior to re-fuelling, I paid $10 for it as my due share....

 

** Why was it 4/5 full and yet I was re-fuelling? Cos I was driving to Genting the next morning with family and as a law abiding citizen, dun wanna be caught by the 3/4 tank rule....

[Butcher_hoe]

What I encountered in JB was the pump continued to drip petrol (not at a quick pace, more like a un-tightened tap dripping water) for about 5-7 secs.

 

Well, I felt that this needed abit of attention, people, do take note

[Nhrisuzu]

just to share.. Jurong East SPC station.. Pump #2 also got this problem with the 95 trigger..